Suit-case.



110. 800,346. PATENT-ED SBPT.26,'1905. 3.11. WHITE.

SUIT CASE.

APPLIUATION FILED 001. 27, 1904.

' WITNESSES: v mmvron "ram-rs,

' IU E ST T ATEN OF CE- .1 FRANK H. WHITE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. WHITE, a citi: 1 zen of the'United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of 5 Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Suit-Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to traveling-bags, and is of particular utility in its application to traveling-bags having square corners, such as dress-suit cases. I The object of my invention is to provide a metallic protective corner-piece to be used in conjunction with a leather corner-piece, whereby the leather piece is effectively held in place and the metallic pieces act as cornerthe leather corner-piece, thereby protecting the most vulnerable part of the suit-ca'scfrom injury due to careless handling and hard usage.

A further object of the invention is to provide a metallic protective cornerpiece of such character that used in conjunction with a leather corner-piece will enable the latter to be formed of small pieces of. scrap le ather that heretofore have been discardedaswaste, thereby entirely eliminating the considerable item of expense heretofore attaching to the production of the leather corner-pieces- In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the invention applied to the corner of a suit-case. on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of another form of the inventionapplied to the corner of a suit-case. Fig.

three sections is rounded. This leather strip may be of the usual construction, or it may have a portion of each of its three sections embossed 'or in relief, as hereinafter described.

The protective metallic corner-piece shown Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 27 1904. Serial No. 230,189.

protectors, both alone and in conjunction with Fig. 2 is a section;

4 is a section on the line 4 40f Fig. 3. Fig. 5.v

Patented Sept. 26,1905.

in Figs. 1 and 2 is composed of three arms,

which inthe direction of their length extend from a common center in three directions, each at right angles to the other two. Each arm is bent along its longitudinal centertoform the two integral members ff at right angles each to the other. at the junction of these members is rounded, and the corner formed at the junction of the Ethree arms is likewise rounded.

At the end of "each member f the same is enlarged, and the enlarged end is provided with a hole'for the reception of a rivet h.

The leather corner-piece is applied loosely in the usual manner to any particular corner,

and the metallic corner-piece is placed upon the leather corner-piece and the rivets insorted through the holes provided for them in the endsfof the arms. The rivets also pass through the leather corner-piece and the body of the case. This protective metallic cornerpiece holds the leather corner-piece firmly in position and prevents the latter from becoming detached. When used in connection with the leather corner-piece, the metal need not be thick, as it alone is not relied on to proltect, the corner, its functions being to hold this leather piece permanently in position and to act in conjunction with the leather piece ;as;a protector, a w 'In Figs. 3 and 4 a protective metallic corner-piece of somewhatdifferent form is shown.

This pieee also consists of-three armseach bent longitudinally toform the members 1111,

.which correspond to the members f f of the pr'eferredform; The ends of the members are not, however, enlarged or provided I with rivet-holes; but the end of each memberrl of one arm isunited with the end of a member 71 of? nether arm by means of a connecting-strip k,- hich is preferably curved to conform to the curvedj edge of the leather corner-piece. Each connecting-strip is enlarged intermedilate of its ends and" there provided with a rivet- ;hole through which a rivet rut-"is passed, said riveft also extending through the leather corgner-piece and the case-body. The outer edge ;of thestrip is preferably provided with an iniwardly extending flange n, against which the outer edge of theleather corner-piece abuts.

The corner edge formed In thecon'struction shown'in Figs. 3 and 4: Y

Ihave shown the leather corner-piecemadelup of three separate pieces 0 0 0, (one of which s shown in Fig. 5,) each one of which is of a somewhat larger than necessary to cover space surrounded by one of the connecting strips k and the members 11 i of the arms united by said strip, the edges of the leather sections 0 extending underneath the said members and connecting-strip. A composite leather corher-strip of this character presents all the appearance of the unitary leather corner-strip 6, (shown in Figs. 1 and 2;) but it is obvious that it can be formed from small pieces of leather that would otherwise go to waste.

While I have shown a unitary leather corner-piece in the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and a corner-piece made up of three small pieces of leather in the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4:, it is obvious that either the unitary or the composite leather corner-piece may be used in either embodiment of my invention or in any other specific embodiment thereof that the skil ed mechanic may devise.

I prefer to make the leather corner-strip with portions thereof embossed or in relief, so as to cause the leather to project upwardly outside the arms in the construction of Figs. 1 and 2 or within the space inclosed by the arms and connecting-strip in the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4, so that the top surface of the leather will lie substantially flush with the top surface of the arms or the' top surface of the arms and connecting-piece.

Any suitable rigid materialmay be used in making the outside protective corner-piece, although I prefer the use of metal, and of the various metals brass. Any suitable material may be used instead of leather, and when the body of the suit-case is made of one of the well-known substitutes for leather I may use such substitute material to make the underneath or flexible corner-piece.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is v 1. As a new article of manufacture, a compound protective corner-piece consistihg of a leather corner-piece composed of three sections overlying those portions of the outside of the case adjoininga corner, and a metallic corner-piece having three arms extending from and integral with a solid center, the solid central portion being located at the angle formed at the junction of the three corners and the three arms each being bent longitudinally to form two members partially overlying adjacent sections of the leather corner-piece and each extending longitudinally to the edge of the leather corner-piece, the leather cornerpiece projecting beyond the longitudinal edges of the arms.

v 2. As a new article of manufacture, a compound protective corner-piece consisting of a leather corner-piece composed of three sections overlying those portions of the outside of the case adjoining a corner, and a metallic corher-piece having three arms extending from and integral with a solid center, the solid central portion being located at the angle formed at the junction of the three corners and the three arms each being bent longitudinally to form two members partially overlyingadjacent sections of the leather corner-piece and each extending longitudinally to the edge of the leather corner-piece, the leather cornerpiece projecting beyond the longitudinal edges of the arms, said metallic corner-pieces having enlarged portions provided with rivetholes whereby both cornerpieces may be riveted to the case-body.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a compound protective corner-piece consisting of a leather corner-piece composed of three sections overlying those portions of the outside of the case adjoining a corner, and a metallic corner-piece having three arms extending from and integral with a solid center, the solid central portion being located at the angle formed at the junction of the three corners and the three arms each being bent longitudinally to form two members. partially overlying adjacent sections of the leather corner-piece and each extending longitudinally to the edge of the leather corner-piece, the leather cornerpiece projecting beyond the longitudinal edges of the arms, said metallic corner-piece also having wings connecting the extremities of adjacent members of adjacentarms and overlying the edge of the leather corner-piece, the leather corner-piece being exposed within the spaces inclosed by said arms and wings.

4:. As a new article of manufacture, a compound protective corner-piece consisting of a leather corner-piece composed of three sections overlying those portions of the outside of the case adjoininga corner, and a metallic corner-piece having three arms extending from and integral with a solid center, the solid central portion being located at the angle formed at the junction of the three corners and the three arms each being bent longitudinally to form two members partially overlying adjacent sections of the leather corner-piece and each extending longitudinally to the edge of the leather corner-piece, the leather cornerpiece projecting beyond the longitudinal edges of the arms, said metallic corner-piece also having wings connecting the extremities of adjacent members of adjacent arms and overlying the edge of the leather cornerpiece, the leather corner-piece being exposed within the spaces inclosed by said arms and wings, said wings having enlarged portions provided with rivet-holes whereby both corner-pieces may be riveted to the case-body.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, on this 19th day of October, 1904.

FRANK H. \VHITE.

Witnesses:

M. M. HAMILTON, T. B. Wool). 

